Indeed, Palin herself will be in attendance today to see First Dude run, but much like her political career, there will be no happy endings. First Dude will go home empty-handed.

Anticipate Ice Box to win it late after the final turn, when many of the horses will have instinctively felt the need to race ahead early with a lot of ground left to cover on Belmont's large track. I pick Ice Box and jockey Jose Lezcano to win it by half-a-length.